Nuclear candidate sites in New York
20 sites in New York that Voltane screens for new nuclear: former and retiring coal plants, nuclear plant sites and federal sites, each matched to the microreactor, SMR and large reactor profiles. Ranked by SMR match; every match is out of 100.
| Rank | Site | Type | Micro | SMR | Large |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset Operating Co LLC | Former coal plant | 85.3 | 85.2 | 76.2 |
| 2 | James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant | Existing nuclear site | 74.2 | 82.2 | 78.5 |
| 3 | Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station | Existing nuclear site | 74.1 | 82.2 | 82.6 |
| 4 | Dunkirk Generating Plant | Former coal plant | 65.8 | 77.2 | 56.0 |
| 5 | C R Huntley Generating Station | Former coal plant | 75.9 | 73.5 | 59.3 |
| 6 | Cayuga Operating Company | Former coal plant | 89.0 | 71.7 | 60.7 |
| 7 | AES Jennison LLC | Former coal plant | 63.8 | 70.5 | 75.7 |
| 8 | R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant | Existing nuclear site | 77.7 | 69.7 | 61.4 |
| 9 | Syracuse Energy | Former coal plant | 81.4 | 69.1 | 66.2 |
| 10 | Indian Point Energy Center | Shut-down nuclear site | 68.8 | 67.2 | 65.2 |
| 11 | RED-Rochester, LLC | Former coal plant | 78.2 | 66.7 | 62.2 |
| 12 | GMMM Westover | Former coal plant | 61.2 | 66.1 | 67.0 |
| 13 | Greenidge Generation LLC | Former coal plant | 87.9 | 64.0 | 56.1 |
| 14 | Lovett | Former coal plant | 66.4 | 63.3 | 58.1 |
| 15 | Fort Drum | DOE / federal site | 56.2 | 59.4 | 55.2 |
| 16 | AES Hickling LLC | Former coal plant | 63.4 | 56.8 | 55.5 |
| 17 | Shoreham | Shut-down nuclear site | 76.6 | 56.1 | 47.3 |
| 18 | Deferiet New York | Former coal plant | 57.0 | 55.6 | 58.0 |
| 19 | Rochester 7 | Former coal plant | 69.4 | 55.6 | 53.0 |
| 20 | Brookhaven National Laboratory | DOE / federal site | 71.0 | 52.2 | 38.9 |
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